Hank Bauer: 17 game World Series hitting streak. WORLD SERIES record.

Hank Bauer

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right

6-0, 192lb (183cm, 87kg)

Born: July 31, 1922 in East St. Louis, IL us

Died: February 9, 2007 (Aged 84-193d) in Lenexa, KS

Debut: September 6, 1948 (Age 26-037d, 10,557th in major league history)
   vs. PHA 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: July 21, 1961 (Age 38-355d)
   vs. DET 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

After serving in the U.S. Marines in World War II, Bauer started his MLB career late. The old Marine played at least 100 games each season for the Yankees 1949-1959. He was one of four players traded to the Kansas City As after the 1959 season. One of the three players the Yankees received for Bauer was Roger Maris, who hit 100 (39+61) home runs in his first two MVP Yankee seasons. Maris wore Bauer's number 9 and played his position: right field.

Anatomy of a trade: Roger Maris: KC Athletics to NY Yankees. Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Hank Bauer was traded for his replacement, Roger Maris. Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Bauer played in nine World Series with the Yankees but didn't hit very in the first six, including the record FIVE consecutive World Series championships (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953), plus the Yankees losing in 1955, when the Brooklyn Dodgers won their only World Series (Mickey Mantle was injured and had only 10 plate appearances). Bauer was hitless in game 7 in 1955.

Bauer played in all 7 games in each of the next three World Series against (Yankee wins bold):
1956 Brooklyn Dodgers: at least one hit in all 7 games; one HR
1957 Milwaukee Braves: at least one hit in all 7 games; 2 HR
1958 Milwaukee Braves: at least one hit in games 1(HR), 2(HR), 3(HR), _, 5, 6(HR). FOUR Home Runs!

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=bauerha01&t=b&post=1

1956 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	1956	WS g1	Oct 3	NYY	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	1.04	-0.007	54.59	0.01%	-0.16	RF
34	1956	WS g2	Oct 5	NYY	@	BRO	L,8-13	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	6	.89	-0.049	47.13	-1.43%	-0.84	RF
35	1956	WS g3	Oct 6	NYY		BRO	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	1	.99	0.002	41.35	0.30%	-0.33	RF
36	1956	WS g4	Oct 7	NYY		BRO	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.444	.722	1	.70	-0.015	42.64	-0.51%	1.11	RF
37	1956	WS g5	Oct 8	NYY		BRO	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.409	.682	1	.82	0.033	67.88	1.52%	0.21	RF
38	1956	WS g6	Oct 9	NYY	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.296	.407	.704	1	1.12	-0.060	100.71	-2.66%	0.00	RF
39	1956	WS g7	Oct 10	NYY	@	BRO	W,9-0	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.281	.281	.375	.656	1	.59	0.023	98.89	2.53%	-0.52	RF
1957 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	1957	WS g1	Oct 2	NYY		MLN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	1	1.03	0.099	53.60	2.83%	0.38	RF
41	1957	WS g2	Oct 3	NYY		MLN	L,2-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.667	.889	1	1.81	-0.054	96.10	-2.01%	-0.10	RF
42	1957	WS g3	Oct 5	NYY	@	MLN	W,12-3	CG	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.214	.267	.500	.767	1	.36	0.005	22.60	0.32%	0.67	RF
43	1957	WS g4	Oct 6	NYY	@	MLN	L,5-7	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.526	.776	2	1.11	0.351	67.71	13.67%	0.45	RF
44	1957	WS g5	Oct 7	NYY	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.292	.522	.813	1	1.36	-0.052	112.77	-2.05%	0.06	RF
45	1957	WS g6	Oct 9	NYY		MLN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.286	.593	.878	1	.95	0.165	85.69	8.19%	0.22	RF
46	1957	WS g7	Oct 10	NYY		MLN	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.281	.581	.862	1	.58	0.025	96.67	1.72%	0.03	RF
1958 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	1958	WS g1	Oct 1	NYY	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	1.000	1.400	1	1.19	0.179	62.41	5.74%	1.11	RF
48	1958	WS g2	Oct 2	NYY	@	MLN	L,5-13	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.444	.444	1.111	1.556	1	.38	0.012	20.19	0.54%	0.43	RF
49	1958	WS g3	Oct 4	NYY		MLN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.538	.538	1.231	1.769	1	1.55	0.279	64.50	6.40%	3.26	RF
50	1958	WS g4	Oct 5	NYY		MLN	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.412	.412	.941	1.353	3	.85	-0.082	51.89	-2.94%	-0.72	RF
51	1958	WS g5	Oct 6	NYY		MLN	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.381	.381	.810	1.190	1	.52	-0.001	18.03	-0.03%	-0.24	RF
52	1958	WS g6	Oct 8	NYY	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.385	.385	.846	1.231	3	.67	0.098	51.18	4.55%	0.81	RF
53	1958	WS g7	Oct 9	NYY	@	MLN	W,6-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.323	.710	1.032	1	.98	-0.127	163.00	-12.36%	-1.09	RF

The old Marine managed the Baltimore Orioles to their first World Series championship in 1966, a sweep over the Los Angeles Dodgers, who had won in 1959 (White Sox), 1963 (Yankees), 1965 (Twins).